The Forty-second was organized at Camp Chase,
near Columbus, Ohio, in September, October and November, 1861.
Colonel James A. Garfield commanded. Ashland county furnished
two full companies for the three years' service. The company
officers were:

Second Lieutenant John R. Helman, promoted
first lieutenant June 11, 1862.

James S. Bowlby
promoted second lieutenant October 22, 1862, and resigned January 9,
1864.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

First Sergeant James S. Bowlby.
Second Sergeant Reuben D. Kiplinger.
Third Sergeant George McCrea.
Fourth Sergeant William H. Marteen.
Fifth Sergeant Daniel Grosscup.
At the promotion of James S. Bowlby to second lieutenant all
the sergeants were promoted - Frank Otto to fifth sergeant.

This company rendezvoused at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 27, 1861,
and was mustered into the United States service for three years. The
following are the commissioned and non-commissioned officers and privates
of said company, as enrolled:

The following is the mortality list
as derived from the company rolls:

Crawford, James

died in hospital

Dell, Christian

in hospital

Griffith, Jacob

in hospital

Hines, Jacob

in hospital

Innis, Adam

in hospital

Long, David E.

at home

McComb, Andrew

at home

Ryall, George N.

of wounds received in battle

Spiker, Tobias

at home

Starkweather, Elisha

in hospital

Towslee, Charles D.

in hospital

Vanostrand, George

at home

This company was mustered out at
Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, December 2, 1864.
In an engagement near Memphis, Tennessee, Captain Seth
M. Barber had the misfortune to be wounded in the foot, which subsequently
required amputation, and was the occasion of his resignation, and
subsequent assignment to the Veteran Reserve corps.

THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT.

General Garfield appointed Peter B. Johnson, of Ashland, then
over sixty years of age, train master. He served three years in
Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and was honorably discharged.
In December, 1861, the Forth-second was ordered to
Kentucky. In January, 1862, it arrived near Paintville, and on the
eighth marched under Lieutenant Colonel Sheldon to the fortified position
of General Humphrey Marshall, and found the works evacuated and provision
carried away or destroyed. Colonel Garfield followed
Marshall, and on the ninth the battle of Middle Creek took place, and
Marshall again retreated and burned his stores. The Forty-second
returned and passed up the Big Sandy and took possession of Pound Gap.
The campaign was disastrous to the volunteers of the Forty-second,
eighty-five of whom died through exposure and disease. In March the
Forty-second was ordered to Louisville, where it was attached to the
brigade of General George W. Morgan, and moved by rail to
Lexington, and from thence marched to Cumberland Ford, with only three
hundred and fourteen men fit for duty. In June it marched to the
rear of Cumberland Gap, amid continued skirmishing. On the fifth of
August, the Forty-second engaged and held back the advance of General
Kirby Smith. General Morgan, after consultation, finally
evacuated the Gap and fell back to, and crossed, the Ohio river at
Greensburgh. The retreat was very rapid, and the men suffered
severely for the want of clothing, proper food and rest. In the
month of November, Morgan's brigade passed down to Memphis,
Tennessee.
In December, the Forty-second was ordered to the Yazoo,
and led the advance against Vicksburgh. For three days the regiment
held its position in line, when the army was compelled to retire. In
January, 1863, the forces proceeded to White River, and thence to Arkansas
Post, and captured Fort Hindman with seven thousand prisoners, all the
guns, small arms and stores. The Forty-second then returned to the
rear of Vicksburgh. In the engagements which followed, the regiment
sustained heavy loss. After the surrender of Vicksburgh the
Forth-second marched to Jackson, and participated in its capture, and then
entered the Department of the Gulf. It remained at Thebodeaux during
the winter of 1864, and in the spring went on an expedition to Clinton,
Louisiana, where it participated in a severe engagement. It was also
in several other small expeditions, and returned to Camp Chase where it
was mustered out September 30, 1864. The forty-second was engaged in
eleven battles, in which it lost one officer and twenty men killed, and
eighteen officers and three hundred and twenty-five men wounded. Its
tattered banners show hard service.